As some of you may be aware I work for a pharmacy chain. As part of my job I cover the Pharmacy Counter. As of the 1st of August new regulations came in on the supply of products containing Codeine. This has created some confusion which is not helped by pharmacists! I have noticed...
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Tags: Codeine, Health, Ireland, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, Pharmacy, Prescription drug
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This is a question no one is asking after LGBT Noise’s March For Marriage on Sunday. In 2009 Over 3,000 people took part in that Year’s March For Marriage. This year the number is down to 2000 (Figure from Irish Times). That is compared to the 5,000 22,000 people took part in Dublin Pride...
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Tags: Civil Partnership Bill, Dublin, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Ireland, LGBT, Marriage, Relationships, Same-sex marriage
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I have been meaning to post this for awhile but I didn’t know it had been posted on youtube yet. I saw this at the Alliance Francaise Symposium and I loved it and I hope you will too. Very informative! This video was created by the Irish delegation to the EU’s 60th Anniversary Celebrations...
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Tags: European Union, Government, History, Ireland, Schuman Declaration
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Yesterday I met with Sam Lyons and Emma Carroll of OpenFM a temporary station that will be broadcast in Dublin over the pride season and will also be online. The idea behind the station is to create an open space for discussion on LGBT issues, mental health issues and anything else. It wants to...
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Tags: Dublin, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Ireland, LGBT, Mental Health, OpenFM, Pride Parade, Radio
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I received information today about a programme being run by the British Council. It is called “Challenge Europe 2010“. Challenge Europe aspires to make a definite and lasting impact on the climate change debate and is ambitious in its aim to accelerate change to a low carbon future. The philosophy of the campaign is...
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Tags: British Council, Climate Change, Ireland, Project
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Image via Wikipedia Firstly I apologise for the lack of posting recently, I have been under pressure with College and work and other commitments. Anyway, today I was asked in an email about my stance on the attempt by Green Party Leader and Minister for the Environment to ban hunting in Ireland. Specifically the...
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Tags: fox hunting, Green Party, Hunting Bills, Ireland, John Gormley, Minister, Politics
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Image via Wikipedia I saw this short animation about transport in Ireland and I had to put it up. Its great. Anyone who has experience rush hour traffic in Dublin will get this t0tally. Enjoy! Hat-tip: Padraig
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Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Dublin, Ireland, Rush hour, Traffic
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Image via Wikipedia The Red Cross have issued some First Aid and Safety Advice for the weather conditions that are affected most of the country. Cork City saw snow last night for the first time and the weather is not set to get better. In fact it is set to worsen at the weekend,...
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Tags: Accidental hypothermia, advice, Big Freeze, Blood vessel, Carbon monoxide, Cavan, Driving, first Aid, Grit, Heat, Ice, Ireland, Normal human body temperature, Red Cross, RSA, RTÉ, Safety, Snow, Temperature, The Lough, Weather
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